Hitchens

Overview

This Jekyll theme, inspired by Christopher Hitchens’ book “Arguably,” is a well-designed theme by Pat Dryburgh. It is dedicated to the memory of Hitchens and offers users the ability to create a Jekyll powered blog. The theme includes features such as a home layout, navigation menu, pagination, excerpts, and the ability to publish title-less posts.

Features

• Home Layout: The theme presents a list of articles ordered chronologically.
• Navigation: Users can include a navigation menu in the site’s masthead and footer.
• Pagination: The theme uses Jekyll’s built-in pagination, which can be configured in the site’s _config.yml file.
• Excerpts: Users can show excerpts of blog posts on the home page, with the ability to customize the number of words shown.
• Title-less Posts: Users can publish posts without titles, with the home page displaying a truncated excerpt of the first paragraph of the post.

Installation

To quickly get started with this Jekyll theme, follow these steps:

1. Click the Fork button at the top of the repository.
2. Go to your forked repo’s Settings screen.
3. Scroll down to the GitHub Pages section.
4. Under Source, select the Master branch.
5. Save the settings.
6. Follow Jekyll’s instructions to configure your new Jekyll site.

If you have already created your Jekyll site or are comfortable with the command line, you can manually install the theme by adding the following lines to your Jekyll site’s _config.yml file:

theme: jekyll-theme-arguably

Summary

This Jekyll theme, inspired by Christopher Hitchens’ book “Arguably,” is a well-designed theme by Pat Dryburgh. It offers features such as a home layout, navigation menu, pagination, excerpts, and the ability to publish title-less posts. Users can install the theme quickly through GitHub Pages or manually by adding the theme to their Jekyll site’s _config.yml file.